Draft-yoke for railway-car draft-rigging.



J. F. OCONNOR.

DRAFT YOKE FOR RAILWAY CAR DRAFT RIGGlNG.

APPLlCAT ON FILED JU LY3!, 1916.

1,286,732, Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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ATTORNEW WITNESSES:

-a citizen of the United draft'yoke embodying my invention.

of Illinois,

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"."unwmr To all whom it may concern:

Be it known, that 1, JOHN F.

States, residing OConnon, at

in the county have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Draft-Yokes for Railway-Car Drafflitigging, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in draft yokes for railway car draft rigging.

The object of my invention is to provide an eflicient draft yoke which may be readily gonnected to, and disconnected from, a. draw- In the specification, partly Chicago,

drawings forming a part of this Figure 1 is a side elevation, in vertical longitudinal section of a Fig. line 2-2 2 is a horizontal section taken on of Fig. 1.' Fig. 3 is a front end view. 1 4 is a perspective view of the latch ant Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the lower forward portion of a yoke, iiius trating a modified form of latch and latch. connection.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral indicates the upper limb, 7 the lower limb and 8 the rear connecting member of the draft yoke. At its forward end the yoke is provided with a hollow head to receive the draw bar 9. the said draw car being provided with the usual upper and lower shoulders 10 and 11, respectively. The h .ad is provided at its upper portion with. an inturned gib 12. adapted to engage the up er draw bar shoulder 10, its lower portion being closed by the swinging latch 13 which is mounted between the side plates 14. 1450i the yoke head. The latch 13 comprises a member 15. provided at its forward end with a gib 16. adapted to engage the lower draw ban shoulder 11. and also nrovided at its rear end with a hinged, or other swinging con nection, to the'lower yoke limb. as the hinge butt and pitiile structure indicated at the numeral 17 in the drawing. The said latch is also provided with an arm 18 adapte transverse conne ting member 20 oi the jOlKG 4 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 2'51, 1916.

of Cook and otate ZPatented Eco. 3

Serial 1%. 112,243.

head. a perforation 21, registerin with per-t tions 22-22 in the transverse inen for the passage of th, bolt adapted to hold the arm in a filer The said arm also provide perforation 24., 5 ted to: the 1 a tool, such as s, dotted lines in Y an easy inanipu the obvious that other tools. such i 1.21 may he likewise v in asserr g the 7 latch is pla e A lower face of the draw bar upon the angular e latch, w iii h edg when locked pee on, will be sues with the l ios oi? the y hair is th en moved rearward.

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The said arm 18 is provided with 9 .51 W o disassemble the draw bar an fa tening for the latch, such is removed. the latch descending: nut lower iace 30 is stopped against I'll; t verse nieinher 20 of the voice head. is drew her then may be withdrawn for the lower face of its brrttf" length of the angular'if aee 26 th "eon.

the modification ilh'zetrated ithe t the numeral 49 indicates the lower shoulder therev "-Jided with the shoulder shoulder 1-1. of the is upon the latch, 45 the low nectine mernher the yoke i said plates being shown at 4 parts being the same as :oreierred "form of structure i'ilustrated in Figs. 1 to i inclusive, oi the drawing. with the creep n of the is fo win' ingly cennect? iii v hook 48 formed shoulder of a of the latch, adapted to engage an opposed upon the lower limb 49 of the yoke.

I claim:

1. In a draft yoke for railway car draft 1 rigg1ng, a gib adapted to engage a shoulder upon a draw bar, a swinging latch secured thereto and having a gib to engage another shoulder on a draw bar, the said latch having an arm to receive a tool, whereby the latch may be swung into looking, or unflocking, 'position in reference to the draw ar. I 2. In a draft rigging, plates yoke head to receive a shouldered draw bar, a latch, the upper limb being provided with a gib to engage one shoulder of a draw bar, the latch havin a gib to engage another raw bar, the latch being swingingly connected to the yoke, the yoke head having a lower transverse member, the

yoke for railway car draft upper and lower limbs, lateral connecting the same and forming a' bottom members and extending below the latter, aweb connecting the extensions of said side plates, a lug on said top member, means supported between said side plates, having.

a corresponding lug, an abutment to receive stresses transferred through said means, and an opening in said web to permit manipulation of said means. 7

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28th day of July, 1916.

, JOHN F; OCONNOR. I Witnesses:

ELIZABETH M. BRITT,

LUCILLE HIGGINS. 

